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    What are these berries

    Noticed these in the garden today and was wondering if they're edible..
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    Man U berries avoid

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    Depends where in the world you are but generally they are not edible.

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    www.dobbies.com/products/plants/ornamental-trees/sorbus-vilmorinii/
    Birds like them but prolly better used to make a nice Brit marmalade




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    They look very much like red currants, Chitty, but preumably they're not. No idea.

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    dont eat them.....


    Berries. Pyracantha berries are mildly poisonous as their seeds contain cyanogenic glycosides (as do apples, plums, cherries, and almonds) and can cause mild gastro-intestinal problems when eaten raw in large quantities; they are edible only when crushed and washed under running water.


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    They are these as per my above link.


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    Case solved.

    Mushroom season soon Chitty... you know which ones to eat right.?

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    Norts, the leaf shape is entirely different. There are two types of leaf in Chittys photo, one frond/fern like and a vine like.

    My guess is they are redcurrants as per in this pic:

    How To Prune Redcurrants And Blackcurrants

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    No idea. I just did a google pic search. Look same to me.
    Red current leaves not even close.

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    Look more like these to me.

    "maple like leaves"



    edit...better pic:



    GUELDER ROSE [Viburnum opulus]
    A frequent shrubby inhabitant of moist and wet ground. Often growing alongside sallow and alder buckthorn, guelder leaves are maple-like in appearance. Although the berries are edible they MUST be cooked, and are a very good source of vitamin C. That said, they have a peculiar after-taste which needs masking with lots of sugar and/or honey (as one Russian recipe used), while the ripe berries smell rather foul.On the only occasion I made a small amount of jelly from the berries a little of the smell lingered, while the the after-taste reminded me of a cough medicine I'd had when young. Indeed, further research revealed that guelder rose was used in cough medicines.
    Wild Food School - Some Edible & Poisonous Berries

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    I would just eat them Chitty then get back to us.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jack meoff View Post
    I would just eat them Chitty then get back to us.
    Or if it doesn't work out well we will post your obit here.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SKkin View Post
    Look more like these to me.

    "maple like leaves"



    edit...better pic:




    Wild Food School - Some Edible & Poisonous Berries
    The fruit hang differently. In the OP pic they hang like red currants rather than in clusters as in your pic.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jack meoff View Post
    I would just eat them Chitty then get back to us.
    Sounds like the simplest solution.

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    Are the birds eating them? If not, definitely avoid.

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    The birds are fully occupied eating the chips and kebab leftovers Chitty chucks ot the bedroom window every night

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    Quote Originally Posted by Neverna View Post
    They look very much like red currants, Chitty, but preumably they're not. No idea.
    They might be, the plot thickens..

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    Quote Originally Posted by Neverna View Post
    In the OP pic they hang like red currants rather than in clusters as in your pic.
    Those damn fern leaves are getting in the way of a proper cluster.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jack meoff View Post
    The birds are fully occupied eating the chips and kebab leftovers Chitty chucks ot the bedroom window every night
    Funny B'stard


    The birds arn't eating them, however birds don't eat blackberries etc

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    Quote Originally Posted by Neo View Post
    Case solved.

    Mushroom season soon Chitty... you know which ones to eat right.?

    No problem with my mushroom identification skills

    Few more months yet till blast off..

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    Quote Originally Posted by SKkin View Post
    Look more like these to me.

    "maple like leaves"



    edit...better pic:





    Wild Food School - Some Edible & Poisonous Berries

    I'm gonna have to pick some and get a close up pic, might make a jam or sauce for the Sunday Roast.


    Roast Chicken served with a red berry sauce, hmmm yum.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Norton View Post
    Or if it doesn't work out well we will post your obit here.
    Appreciated

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    Are the berries growing on bushes or trees, Chitty?

    Red currants grow on bushes, usually a bit smaller than black currant bushes, about a metre in height.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chittychangchang View Post
    I'm gonna have to pick some and get a close up pic, might make a jam or sauce for the Sunday Roast.
    Which leaves in your OP pic go with the berries...the fern like or the maple like?? It's hard to tell from that pic.

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